Still, my campaign needs approx $3,400 to succeed. My $6,000 target for Rat Park is based on carefully-budgeted costs of producing and posting my rewards, plus the 2 months it will take me to write and draw the comic.

I have decided to extend Rat Park to be a 40 page comic. Originally conceived as a 28 page comic (the same as War on Drugs), it became clear I needed more space to fully tell the story of Rat Park. I am willing to create, print and post these longer comics at the original prices listed on my crowdfunding page.

One of the original Rat Park researchers, Prof. Bruce Alexander, has agreed to help me by reviewing draft versions of my comic, and by digging up reference photographs from the original experiment. Bruce is proving to be a friendly, helpful person to work with!

Since one of my supporters has ordered a wall print through the crowdfunding campaign, I decided to print it up early, and photograph it for you. The comic booklet and greeting card are there for scale. It is an A1 (594 × 841 mm) size print on high quality 200gsm photosatin paper.

Remember: supporters with merch-envy, or a newfound enthusiasm for funding Rat Park can easily increase their pledge.

Once again, thank you for you support so far – I’m honoured to have you on board. Please do me a huge favour and help share: 1) my “cartoonist inside a box” video – i.e. this page, 2) my Rat Park crowdfunding page, and 3) my War on Drugs comic.

With your support, the fascinating story of Rat Park will be shared with the world through my unique comic style.
Kind regards,

Stuart McMillen
Brisbane, Australia

Comments

Rat Park crowdfunding: success - Stuart McMillen blog

8 November 2012

[...] This was the first time I allowed my readers to directly invest in the creation of new stuartmcmillen.com comics, and the first time I offered printed merch. It was also the first time I revealed my face to my readers via my two promotional videos (1, 2). [...]

Paul & Deb McMillen

29 October 2012

Hi Stuart,
A great idea to get the isolation factor across to all. We hope you can get the project underway so we can all see what happened in the experiments. I'm sure there are a lot more supporters out there who can help out. Best wishes.